Curriculum vitae

Research Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Division of Public Policy

Postdoctoral Fellow, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Division of Environment and Sustainability; Division of Public Policy

Lecturer (part-time), The University of Hong Kong

Department of History

Lecturer (part-time), Ateneo de Manila University

Health Sciences Program, School of Science and Engineering

Teaching Assistant (part-time), The University of Hong Kong

Junior Resident Tutor, Shun Hing College (JCSVIII), The University of Hong Kong

Visiting Researcher, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain

Instructor, Ateneo de Manila University

Department of History

Doctor of Philosophy, Major in History, The University of Hong Kong

Thesis: Domesticated Geographies: Animals and the Making of Modern Health in Colonial Philippines, 1860-1935

Master of Arts, Major in History, Ateneo de Manila University, The Philippines

Thesis: Burdens of the Beast: A Socio-Legal History of the Carabao as Private Property in the Philippines during the American Colonial Period

Bachelor of Arts, Major in Management Economics; Minor in Development Management, Ateneo de Manila University, The Philippines

Recipient, Designated Panel of the Philippine Studies Group Award

Association for Asian Studies 2026, Vancouver, Canada

Shortlisted, ICAS Book Prize 2023: Best Dissertation in the Humanities

International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS), IIAS, Leiden, The Netherlands

Winner, Young Historian’s Prize 2022

National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Republic of the Philippines

Winner, Wang Gungwu Prize for Research Postgraduate Students (Best Thesis), 2021-22

Department of History, The University of Hong Kong

First Runner-Up, Virtual HKU Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition

The University of Hong Kong

Recipient, University Excellence Service Award

Ateneo de Manila University

Finalist, Best Thesis, School of Social Sciences Outstanding Research Awards

Ateneo de Manila University

Post-Conflict Reconstruction of the Health Sector in the Postwar Philippines, 1946-1953

Hong Kong Research Grants Council, General Research Fund (RGC-GRF), Principal investigator

Decarbonization solutions for buildings in Hong Kong: development, assessment and deployment

Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Strategic Themes Grant (RGC-STG), Team member

Research Fellowship

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain

Louis Cha Postgraduate Research Fellowship

The University of Hong Kong

CHED Start Up Grant

Commission on Higher Education, Republic of the Philippines

Postgraduate Scholarship

The University of Hong Kong

Ateneo Graduate Scholarship Fund

Ateneo de Manila University

Ateneo Scholarship Fund

Ateneo de Manila University

International Advisory Board Member

TILAMSIK: The Southern Luzon Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

Majority World Book Review Editor

Animal History Journal

Advisory Board Member

Philippine Studies Group, Association for Asian Studies

Member

New York Southeast Asia Network

Associate Fellow

Royal Historical Society

Affiliate Member

Philippines Institute, Australian National University

Association for Asian Studies; History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HOMSEA); American Society for Legal History; Asian Society for the History of Medicine; Society for the History of Technology